Bruce Bennett/GettyThe Flyers' Claude Giroux has been suspended for a hit to the head of Devils winger Dainius Zubrus during the Devils' Game 4 victory Sunday night.

The NHL has suspended Flyers star Claude Giroux one game for his hit to the head on Devils winger Dainius Zubrus in Game 4 Sunday night.

Giroux will miss Game 5 at the Wells Fargo Center Tuesday night.

"I don't have any opinions on suspensions or anything like that," Devils coach Pete DeBoer said. "But when you get the video at the start of the season to show you the hits they're trying to get out of the game, that's exactly the hit."

During the closing moments of the second period in Sunday night's Game 4, Giroux slipped in front of Zubrus and connected with a shoulder to the left side of Zubrus' jaw. The Devils winger stayed down on the ice for a few moments clutching his head, but remained in the game and clinched a 4-2 Devils victory with an empty-net goal in the third period, his second of the game. Giroux was sent to the penalty box for two minutes.

Giroux's suspension was handed down by the NHL's Department of Player Safety after a hearing this morning.